It was 30 October, 2013 when the legal representative of CEDAC flew to the United States of America.

The CEDAC’s Ambassador in the United States of America, a Mr. Edward Hakizimana invited Mr. Eric Niragira to participate in a series of events. The conferences were for advocacy and the lobbying of funds for projects to assist vulnerable victims of conflict in Africa. The events were held in Tucson and Phoenix, both major cities in the state of Arizona, America.

The presence of Mr. Niragira (the founding member for CEDAC), his active participation in the activities has helped to motivate stakeholders who want to assist in the peace-building process. It is noted that Mr. Niragira has already had meetings with the African community in Tucson. This has included the Archdiocese, Ronald McDonald House Foundation and representatives from the Protestant church.

We involved with CEDAC are excited to announce that Mr. Niragira has returned to America for another round of talks. In short, we hope that the process results in a positive outcome. This will of course have a positive impact on our organization and especially on beneficiaries, namely the victims of the civil war.

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Victim Assistance

Our vision

CEDAC vision is a peaceful and sustainable developed world. Some of the organisation's members have directly participated in armed conflict, while others have been victims of conflict through their indirect participation. CEDAC wants to interlink all victims of conflict within and across borders. Our vision seeks to eliminate conflict and sustain peace by creating means of reintegration for ex-combatants and others indirectly affected by conflict.

Our mission

Our mission is to support all victims of armed conflict. We seek to reduce armed violence through job creation, as well as offering other types of victim assistance such as psychosocial support to facilitate reintegration into society.

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Ex-combatants

CEDAC runs initiatives to redress the lack of projects aimed at female ex-combatants. Read more

CEDAC values

At CEDAC, we hold our values of transparency, tolerance and honesty in the highest regard, because without these values we would not be able to survive as a not-for profit aid organisation. For example, without transparency our finical supporters, those involved in our projects and other stakeholders would not be able to hold us accountable. This in turn leads to an environment of mistrust.

It goes without saying that we uphold and value honesty at CEDAC. We believe that acting openly and honesty is not only good practice, but is essential for working in development and aid.

CEDAC is built also under a tolerance basis. This implies a high degree of acceptance for differences of races and ethnicity, background and diversity of ideas. Thus, CEDAC is an environment where contribution is reserved for everyone.